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End of the music companies?[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#16)
by Anonymous User on Tue Dec 16, 2003 at 11:43:22 AM PDT

Well, since the record companies began screaming about losses they basically forced us into a new area. Online downloading. Great for the artist right? But the question arises... why on earth would any established artist need a contract with any company anymore? Once their contract expires, if they are smart, they can release all they want on line and no record company would be involved. No commissions paid, no money at all for the record companies. Of course, it remains to be seen how many are that smart. :) The only artists who would need a contract would be the new up and coming ones who need the promotional capabilites of the big companies. After that... nada for the companies. They have idiotically forced themselves to deal with the unknowns. Nickels and dimes instead of big dollars. I wonder what calibre the gun was they used to shoot themselves in the foot?

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Contracts worse than indentured servitude[ Parent | Reply to This ] (none / 0) (#20)
by Anonymous User on Thu Jan 08, 2004 at 02:44:39 PM PDT

Basically, according to what I've read most contracts in the music business are terribly one sided and require the production of seven albums. How many artists do you know that have produced seven albums that you would be willing to listen to?

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